Much of the hunger literature talks about how it is important to assure
that people are well fed so that they can be more productive. That is
nonsense. No one works harder than hungry people. Yes, people who are
well nourished have greater capacity for productive physical activity,
but well-nourished people are far less willing to do that work.
For those of us at the high end of the social ladder, ending hunger
globally would be a disaster. If there were no hunger in the world, who
would plow the fields? Who would harvest our vegetables? Who would work
in the rendering plants? Who would clean our toilets? We would have to
produce our own food and clean our own toilets. No wonder people at the
high end are not rushing to solve the hunger problem. For many of us,
hunger is not a problem, but an asset.
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